A woman was taken to hospital with breaks to her ankles and a back injury following a smash on the M4 between Theale and Newbury on Monday night.

Her 15-year-old daughter was a passenger and also had to be rescued when the dark coloured Vauxhall Astra careered off the westbound carriageway and into the undergrowth landing on its side.

Fire crews from Whitley Wood and Dee Road stations were called to the incident at just after 8pm and took two hours to release the older woman from the car.

They were both taken to hospital by ambulance. The mother, said to be in her 40s, is in a stable condition and her daughter, who was admitted as a precaution, has been released.

Matt Martin, crew manager at Whitley Wood fire station, said: “The dense undergrowth made access to the vehicle difficult, we managed to get the younger girl out in about 20 minutes but it took about two hours to get the driver out.”